William furrowed his brow and asked again, "Tell me carefully, besides minting coins and accepting the citizens of Val City, what else have they done?"
"After the New Year, they mainly did a few things, continued to recruit talent, build factories, encourage trade, and establish schools."
"Establish schools?"
Several ministers were somewhat puzzled, staring at each other, unable to comprehend.
At this time, education mainly relied on private education and religion. Although there were various schools from elementary to university in cities, the enrollment was very low.
Education is a huge investment with very slow returns, a long-term venture.
They originally thought that Roland and Sif went out to build a team, wanting to come back and seize power, but didn't expect them to spend money in this area.
William felt something was amiss.
He increasingly couldn't understand what Roland and Sif wanted to do.
